# Adding a stable way of adding whitelisted "orphaned" uploads in a plugin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-stable-way-of-adding-whitelisted-orphaned-uploads-in-a-plugin/128354>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [September 12, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-stable-way-of-adding-whitelisted-orphaned-uploads-in-a-plugin/128354 "2019-09-12T02:15:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![fzngagan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fzngagan/32/259349_2.png) [@fzngagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzngagan)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-a-stable-way-of-adding-whitelisted-orphaned-uploads-in-a-plugin/128354/12 "2022-06-15T07:33:20Z")

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@angus  
We recently merged this PR which adds a `upload_references` table to address the concerns raised in the OP.  
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/16146](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/16146)

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